Our newest bottling facility in Kingfield, Maine was recently awarded LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council making it the highest LEED certified manufacturing facility in Maine.
What does this mean? This certification indicates that our plant was designed and built using strategies that create energy savings, improve water efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions, and reflect a stewardship of resources.
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Kingfield’s Green Building Additional Features
Building Materials
- Salvaged and recycled materials were used in the structural timbers, bead board and floor boards.
- A minimum of 20 percent of the other building materials used were extracted, harvested or recovered, as well as manufactured, within 500 miles of the project site.
Energy usage:
- Facility saves 70.4 million BTU's of energy each year.
- At least 35 percent of the building's calculated electricity comes from either wind, solar or low impact hydroelectric.
- Energy efficient windows provide daylight, reducing the need for artificial lighting.
- Solar Reflectance roofing materials used to reduce the roof’s temperature, decreasing the demand for air conditioning in the warm months.
- Climate control sensors monitor and regulate heat and air conditioning.
EXterior
- Indigenous plants were used to create a water efficient landscape.
- A storm water management plan controls 100 percent of storm water to minimize runoff and protect nearby streams.
- Preferred parking for car pools, and the addition of bicycle storage and changing rooms encourages employees to use those modes of transportation.
Recycling
-During plant construction, recycled or diverted approximately 91% or 1,478 tons of construction waste from landfill disposal, or the equivalent weight of 850 cars.
- In addition to the use of recycled materials in the actual building construction, more than 75 percent of the non-hazardous construction and demolition debris was recycled or salvaged.
Other
- Rest rooms contain water efficient fixtures to reduce water usage.
- The plant is cleaned using green products and practices.
- The facility does not contain ozone-depleting refrigerant or fire suppressants. (CFCs, HCFCs or Halons)
- Conserves approximately 140,000 gallons of water a year.
Kingfield’s Green Building 
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U.S. Green Building Council